Commodities

Agricultural Commodity

Definition

What is Agricultural Commodity?

A farm-produced tradable good such as wheat, cocoa, coffee, or maize.

Example in practice

A cocoa processor hedges its raw-material cost.

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A scarce metal commonly held for industrial use, jewellery, or investment.

A precious metal used as jewellery, an industrial input, a reserve asset, and an investment.

A precious metal with both investment demand and extensive industrial use.

A company that finances producers in exchange for a percentage of revenue or output.

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